Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-04

was produced at the hearing, the entry
of the service of Flora Andrews by Char
ley b. in 1877 was sworn to by Mr.. Bur-
lew as being in his own handwriting
and having been made at the time of
service, and the book was not impeached
at the hearing in the slightest degree.
The stenographic report of the testimony
on the first trial was before the board,
but contained not one word about there
being any other stud book relating to the
point in question. If, then, the board
were Influenced in their decision by this
supposititious stud book, how could they
have learned of its presumed existence.
except from Wallace himself, and not in
open court, but either before or after
the trial? In the same number of his
Monthly Wallace makes this extraordi-
nary utterance about the Arab case
During the sessions of the board we
made it point to be absent from the
city. so that no opinion or theory of ours
should reach or influence their minds"
Does the board of censOrs relish this i'm
putation. that it could be influenced by
the opinions or theories of Wallace, out
side of the evidence? Was it so infu-
enced in the Col. Wood case? If its ex-
traordinary verdict was rendered because
of the supposed existence of an earlier
stud book from which the one before
| them was ''made up" as its compiler
asserts. how did the board get that bias,
except from the compiler himself? And
what kind of Il court is it that decides on
evidence not brought into the light of
day before both sides?
But the assumption that there ever
was any such earlier stud book of Char
ley b. has no basis of fact. The groom
of the horse, David Massey, kept diary
in pencil whenever mares were served.
These services were reported to Mr.. Bur-
lew generally every day, but, if he hap
pened to be away, at the first convenient
opportunity, and were then posted in ink
into the regular stud book. This diary
of David Massey is all the foundation
there ever was for the idea of there hav-
ing been any stud book of Charley B. for
the year 1877 other than the one that was
shown to the board of censors. 1t is a
custom which prevails on the largest
farms. The groom who superintends
the service either makes memorandum.
or reports by word of mouth about its
particulars, to whoever keeps the books,
and il. MIR. Burlew ever mentioned to Mr..
Wallace any other book of service as an
original book which he did not think
would be needed, he referred to the pen
Gil diary of David Massey. Mr.. a. V.
Sergeant bought half interest in Charley
b. from James B. Burlew in 1879, when
Col. Wood was yearling, and Col.
wood never trotted step III public until
1882. Mr. Sergeant testified, on the first
hearing of the case, that the very stud
book shown to the board on the second
hearing was the only book for Charley
b. he ever saw until some time later.
when Burlew and Sergeant organized a
better one, and was the book from =. ich
their accounts were adjusted. If mad
been ''made up it must have been made
up prior to the date that Burlew and Sar-
geant began doing business with it, and
who can suggest an object for fasifying
an entry of gift service of Flora An
drews in 1877, at a time when her pro-
duce from the service had not yet been
sold, at eighteen months of age, for the
paltry price of $50? The board of CEN
sors of the n. A. Il. II. b. rendered a
most absurd decision in this case. but
their very indiscreet compiler makes
them appear more absurd by stating the
grounds upon which their decision was
based. | can only explain the finding of
the board by the fact that its members
must have been misled, bamboozled and
humbugged.
Very fast mares with fast progeny are
a rarity, as has often been remarked, but
this fact should scarcely be placed to the
discredit of the fast mares as matrons.
for the excellent reason that very fast
mares are scarce themselves. Prior TO
last week, if recollection serves me, Kitty
Bates, 2:l9, was the only mare with
record better than 2:20 who had foal in
the 2;3O list, TO wit: Lucy Fry, 2:2Oa.
But last week, at Elmira, Lucilles Baby,
by Princeps, entered the 'charmed cir
cle," and her dam is Lucille Golddust.
2:l6t. There are but 40 mares with
records below 2:20, and of these, if cal
culate right, not more than sixteen have
been bred long enough since to possibly
drop 2 80 performer, so that 124 per
cent of such mares have their produce
in the 80 list. That percentage is quite
strong
Speaking of curiosities in perform
ances, is it not a fact that Flash, 2:l94, is
the only trotter with record below 2 20
that mas never won race; and that Gle
ora, 2;lSi, is the only one below 2:2O
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